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Changes recorded: Information, Details, Search termsgwanwen
proper name. Departed
A term the Sindar used for the Elves who left Beleriand for Aman, derived from the same root as Q. vanwa: √WĀ/AWA (WJ/366, 378). Another variation was Gwanwel (WJ/378), perhaps incorporating †Ell “Elf”.
Conceptual Development: Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 had a similar form Gwenedhel, with deleted variants {gwenieðel} and {gweineðel} ultimately revised to Caleðel “✱Light Elf” (PE17/140).
Changes recorded: Information, Search termsgwanwen
proper name. Departed
Changes recorded: Details, Search termsgwanwen
proper name. Departed
Changes recorded: Information, Search termsgwanwen
proper name. Departed
gwanwen
proper name. departed
A term the Sindar used for the Elves who left Beleriand for Aman, derived from the same root as Q. vanwa: √WĀ/AWA (WJ/366, 378). Another variation was Gwanwel (WJ/378), perhaps incorporating †Ell “Elf”.
Imported inflections
Word Form Gloss Source Gwenwil plural - WJ/378.3910; WJI/Gwanwen.016 Gwenwin plural - WJ/378.3906; WJI/Gwanwen.001
A term the Sindar used for the Elves who left Beleriand for Aman, derived from the same root as Q. vanwa: √WĀ/AWA (WJ/366, 378). Another variation was Gwanwel (WJ/378), perhaps incorporating †Ell “Elf”.
Conceptual Development: Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 had a similar form Gwenedhel, with deleted variants {gwenieðel} and {gweineðel} ultimately revised to Caleðel “✱Light Elf” (PE17/140).